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The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is put into place and replaces the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) as the U.S National Warning System, fit with better technologies in the digital world.
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An alert was mistakenly issued for Connecticut calling for the entire evacuation of the state. It was meant to be a Required State Test. This was one of the first incidents of the EAS.
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The FCC in joint cooperation with FEMA conducts the first nationwide test of the EAS. It was filled with many flaws though, with many people not getting the alert, or it had a very low sound quality.
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Several tv stations in Great Falls, Montana, and Marquette Michigan relayed a false alert warning that dead bodies were rising from their graves. It turned out to be a hack, and the cause was that the stations' EAS equipment was poorly protected.
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At 8:07 am, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency issued a false missile alert, with the description saying that there was a threat inbound to Hawaii and that it was not a drill, causing widespread panic. 30 minutes later, the agency sent out a statement saying that it was a false alarm.
